[AlligatorVS]

Hello everyone !

I recently bought Ducati 848 Evo 2011, it has 15.750km reached yet, I bought it off with 15.350km.

This link shows how I'm cleaning it: https://imgur.com/a/D2Pw9Xv

For cleaning I'm using:
- Shampoo
- Sponge
- Patch
- Toothbrush
- Gun hose

I'm a detailer and that mean's I will do anything to my bike get cleaned and to looks perfectly clean.

This link shows when my bike got refreshed and I left it to get dry for about 2 hours !: https://imgur.com/a/q3nhWrn

After 2 hours I wanted to take it for a short run of 30mins since it was nice weather and suddenly I went out from house and when I reached my bike I was hearing cooling system, the fan was working and there wasn't contact since I didn't turn on the bike or anything as I left it to get dry.

I don't how to describe that, it never happend to me earlier, so I started to panic and I put my hands over sideways of the bike, I was feeling the air from the fan wich was matching with what I've heard, so it's the fan for sure !

I waited for the fan to stop but It didn't stop and I was panicking more and more so I jumped to the bike, I gave contact to the bike and the yellow triangle appeared on dashboard (on the left side) before oil pressure notification.

I tried to start up the bike by pressing engine start button but it didn't go through and I said sh*t.

I moved my bike to the garage back and suddenly the fan stopped, now the guy wich sold bike to me told me next "To peel off the board near keylock" because there is an "Antenna" wich sometimes can move if you clean the bike with Gun hose and if you pin a hole with a motorcycle (Where I live we have very bad roads)

So what happend is that I peeled off the carbon and plastic part near the keylock and I found the antenna successfully, next thing wich he told me is "You need to put that Anthenna back in same position wich he was before since bike will only start if it's in same position".

And after 2 hours I found right position for the Anthenna, I put back the plastic and carbon part, put the screws back and I started the engine successfully as usually, I waited for the bike to reach 70C since I always wait for it to reach temperature before I take off (That's good I hope ?)

So everything was working again without any issues, I was driving my bike for 1hour without any problems, my battery voltage was 11.7 when I started my bike before taking off and when I got back it was 12.7, so my battery is still good or it isn't ?

Also what are your thoughts on this, what was reason to my bike start the fan just like that ? My friend wich sold me the bike told me earlier when I got it about the Anthenna bug wich happens in 848 series, if you clean your bike with pressure and if you pin the hole with bike, it may happend what happend to me, but why the fan ?

I'm looking to hear from you all your thoughts about how I'm cleaning my bike, what I did wrong and what should I do to more save my bike.

Thank you !

 

[forsythem]

Other than the fan turning on, same thing happens with me on my 848 after washing the bike, or if it sits in the rain. Water is getting into the antenna ring around the key assembly for the ignition.

You get the yellow light, and can't start the bike. You should also get an error code displayed on the dash (can't remember off the top of my head).

Remedy is to get a new antenna, apparently. Not too expensive, and pretty easy to replace.

However, if you know the 5-digit code for your bike (I have now memorised mine), you can bypass this issue by using the odometer/display controls to enter the code. The error code and light disappear, and you can start the bike as normal.

Sounds like your fan didn't run for long enough to deplete your battery too much - if it's still cranking nicely then it should be fine.

 

[Rex Coil 7]

This kindof thing makes sense of people that advocate ~never~ washing their bikes with water or a garden hose. I suppose there is credence to that idea in some cases ... like maybe this case.

 

[AlligatorVS]

Yellow triangle (Anthenna) is fixed now totally, if it doesn't get to work I will replace it, thank you !

But yesterday I've been driving and I've stopped on street to wait for someone, after few mins I've heard fan once again but it just started up then got turned off, it didn't even run for few secs... Should I be worried for this, I wasn't washing my bike since all this happend ?

Everything else works perfectly as it should.

Thank you

 

[cs363]

Yellow triangle (Anthenna) is fixed now totally, if it doesn't get to work I will replace it, thank you !

But yesterday I've been driving and I've stopped on street to wait for someone, after few mins I've heard fan once again but it just started up then got turned off, it didn't even run for few secs... Should I be worried for this, I wasn't washing my bike since all this happend ?

Everything else works perfectly as it should.

Thank you

That sounds like normal behaviour, you were riding the bike so one would assume it was up to normal operating temperature and when you stopped the temperature increased due to lack of air flow through the radiator, hence the fan starting up to cool it down and then turning off once the bike was bike to normal temperature.

 

[forsythem]

This kindof thing makes sense of people that advocate ~never~ washing their bikes with water or a garden hose. I suppose there is credence to that idea in some cases ... like maybe this case.

And perhaps also not taking them out in the rain....?